Blind men and an elephant

okay or acceptable, stable or average, healthy or functioning, or perfect and thriving. Of course, everyone has their own opinions as to what normal actually is. This might be one of the factors that makes the word so hard to precisely define. Our cultures, however, can be affected by how society chooses to define normal. But, it truly depends on each person’s perspective. In “The Blind Men and the Elephant” by John Godfrey Saxe, several different blind men feel different parts of a single elephant. They then try to relate their discovery to something else they know. For example, one blind man touches the elephant’s tail and exclaims that the creature is most similar to a rope. Another touches the ear and compares the elephant to a fan. This poem states in the last stanza, “Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff and strong, Though each was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong!” Although today most people might not regularly touch elephants, we can still relate to this poem. Saxe talks about how each of the men, from their own perspectives, were right about what feature of the elephant they encountered. All the connections they made were partly accurate, so you can’t disprove them, but in turn they all were wrong about their assumptions because there were many parts to the creature, not just the one each man felt. Each man had his own…

it works. Question #1 Bub was not enthusiastic about the blind man, Robert, visiting him. Bub did not know much about who Robert was. In addition, the fact that Robert was blind bothered Bub. Bub also felt sorry for Robert and his dead wife, Beulah, because, “They’d married, lived and worked together, slept together and then the blind man had to bury her. All this without seeing her face.” Then, Bub had pity for Beulah…

All these blind men came to the princes house to see the elephant. One of the blind men said the elephants tail fills like a brush. The other blind men said it fills like a big table he was holding the legs. The other blind men said it fills like a snake he was holdingthe elephant snout. The last blind men said it fills like a sharp knife he was holding the hask. All the blind men had good ideas. The princes came out and said you guys all right in your own way. She said i was think of those…

these wonderful stories about a majestic beast that his people called an elephant. The king listened intently and became extremely curious, wanting to learn more. All three of the king's loyal servants happened to be blind, but he trusted them more than others. Since the king was unable to get away from the castle himself, he sent these men out to investigate this creature and report back to him with the details. Making his way to the outskirts of the kingdom, the first blind man came to a…

During his desertion, Pip saw many unexplainable workings from God. This passage clearly shows that the madness in which Pip was facing, can be seen as a gift from God. Pip is lost in the mystery and ungraspable explanation of life. To further explain Pip’s point of view of life, one can relate his philosophy of life to the story of The Blind Men and the Elephant, in this story a group of blind men are in a room, each feeling a certain part of the elephant with the goal of interpreting what…

In the stories, “Hills Like White Elephants” and “Cathedral”, both main characters go through life changing events; however, only one evolves and becomes a more desirable human. The American, in “Hills Like White Elephants”, displays an egocentric personality, devoid of any character development. Although the Narrator in “Cathedral” shows little to no empathy in the beginning of the story, his mind is opened to new perspectives by the conclusion. Both stories show human personality flaws…

is? We blind ourselves by the way we perceive the world. Everyone has a set of values and expectations that alters the way we see the world. In Dieter F Uchtdorf’s (2013) talk “What is Truth?” he tells the parable of the blind men and the elephant. Six men of Indostan To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding…

Updike and The Elephant in the Village of the Blind, a version of the Buddhist story “The Blind Men and the Elephant”, that is over two thousand years old. The element chosen to explore with these two stories are symbolism. This author intends to take a different spin on the comparison and contrasting of symbolism in these two entertaining short stories. Symbolism, as defined by Merriam Webster Dictionary, “the art or practice of using symbols especially by investing things with a symbolic…

This folktale explains that religious experiences are similar to three blind men briefly encountering an elephant. Each man interprets the experience to the best of their ability; however, they come away from the event telling three different stories because they are not equipped to understand the full message being presented to them. In this scenario it is reasonable that there would be vast differences, as the blind men are much smaller than the elephant and their senses are unable to detect a…

For example, if I believe that giving an offering to God is not right but still accepting that its part of their religion would be critical tolerance. Language games are that religion is more like math or language because you must work on it daily and have problem-solving problems that you always share. The elephant principle relates back to the story we learn earlier in the semester with the three blind men trying to figure out the elephant. Every part of religion has a part of the elephant.…